Downtown Travel Guide
Portsmouth
Popular places to visit
Market Square
You can learn about the history of Portsmouth with a trip to Market Square. While in this family-friendly area, you can savour the top-notch restaurants.
Portsmouth Athenaeum
You can study the exhibits at Portsmouth Athenaeum, a museum with a storied past, during your travels to Portsmouth. Wander the waterfront and beautiful beaches in the area.
Prescott Park
Explore the great outdoors at Prescott Park, a lovely green space in Portsmouth. Wander the waterfront and beautiful beaches in the area.
The Music Hall
Get tickets for a show at The Music Hall, a popular theatre in Portsmouth. Wander the waterfront and beautiful beaches in the area.
Strawbery Banke Museum
You can browse the exhibits at Strawbery Banke Museum, a museum with a storied past, during your trip to Portsmouth. Wander the waterfront and beautiful beaches in the area.
Portsmouth Brewery
Find out about the history of Portsmouth when you spend time at Portsmouth Brewery. Wander the waterfront and beautiful beaches in the area.
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Other neighbourhoods around Downtown
North End
When in North End, you can plan a visit to The Music Hall and Portsmouth Brewery, some noteworthy sights in the nearby area.
South End
While visiting South End, you might make a stop by sights like Wentworth Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses and Children's Museum of Portsmouth.
West End
When in West End, you can plan a visit to The Music Hall and Market Square, some noteworthy sights in the nearby area.
Pease
When in Pease, you can plan a visit to Red Hook Brewery and Fox Run Mall, some noteworthy sights in the nearby area.
Elwyn Park
While Elwyn Park isn't home to many top sights, Water Country and Wentworth by the Sea Golf Club are some notable places to visit nearby.
- Places of interest
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- Market Square
- The Music Hall
- Portsmouth Brewery
- Seacoast Repertory Theatre
- Portsmouth Harbor Trail
- Portsmouth Athenaeum
- Warner House
- Governor John Langdon House Museum
- Tugboat Alley
- Nahcotta
- John Paul Jones House Museum
- St. John's Episcopal Church
- Moffatt-Ladd House
- Rundlet-May House
- Hampton Beach
- Ogunquit Beach
- Marginal Way
- Moody Beach
- Perkins Cove
- Long Sands Beach
- Short Sands Beach
- University of New Hampshire
- Nubble Lighthouse
- Footbridge Beach
- Kittery Premium Outlets
- Ogunquit Playhouse